Cong hits out at Maya for 'politicising' Dinakaran impeachment move

The party says case should not be viewed from the angle of caste and politics.

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Headlines Today Bureau

New Delhi

December 20, 2009

UPDATED: December 21, 2009 09:38 IST

Congress on Sunday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for politicising a move to impeach Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P. Dinakaran in the Rajya Sabha.

The party said the case of Justice Dinakaran should not be viewed from the angle of caste and politics. Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi claimed that the judicial process of impeachment will allow the judge to present his side of the case.

"I don't think Congress party sees it as a caste or community based issue. It is an issue in judicial domain and in constitutional process of impeachment. It will not be right to inject political comments into it," Singhvi said.

On Saturday, Mayawati had written a letter to the prime minister over Dinakaran row. She said that Justice Dinakaran should be given an opportunity to present his case before any action was taken against him.

The parliamentary forum of Scheduled Caste MPs has also criticised the impeachment move against the HC chief justice.

Justice Dinakaran has been accused of encroaching upon government land and his appointment to the Supreme Court was stayed following these charges.

The impeachment notice against Justice Dinakaran has been admitted in the Rajya Sabha after 75 MPs moved a resolution.